Jesus' Teachings (M-P)

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Some Pharisees approached him, and tested him, saying, "Is
it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any cause
whatever?" He said in reply, "Have you not read that
from the beginning the Creator 'made them male and female' and
said, 'For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and
be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh'? So
they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore, what God has
joined together, no human being must separate." They said to
him, "Then why did Moses command that the man give the woman
a bill of divorce and dismiss (her)?" He said to them,
"Because of the hardness of your hearts Moses allowed you to
divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so. I say to
you, whoever divorces his wife (unless the marriage is unlawful)
and marries another commits adultery." [MT 19:3-9]

But from the beginning of creation, 'God made them male and
female. For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother
(and be joined to his wife), and the two shall become one flesh.'
So they are no longer two but one flesh. Therefore what God has
joined together, no human being must separate...Whoever
divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against
her; and if she divorces her husband and marries another, she
commits adultery. [Taken from MK 10:6-9, 11-12]

He also told them, "Take care what you hear. The measure
with which you measure will be measured out to you, and still more
will be given to you. To the one who has, more will be given; from
the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away."
[MK 4:24-25]

Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and
the road broad that leads to destruction, and those who enter
through it are many. How narrow the gate and constricted the road
that leads to life. And those who find it are few. [MT 7:13-14]

I give you a new commandment: love one another. As I have loved
you, so you also should love one another. This is how all will
know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one
another. [JN 13:34-35]

Again you have heard that it was said to your ancestors,
'Do not take a false oath, but make good to the Lord all that you
vow.' But I say to you, do not swear at all; not by heaven, for it
is God's throne; nor by the earth, for it is his footstool; nor by
Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King. Do not swear by
your head, for you cannot make a single hair white or black. [MT
5:33-36]

Why do you call me, 'Lord, Lord,' but not do what I
command? I will show you what someone is like who comes to me,
listens to my words, and acts on them. That one is like a person
building a house, who dug deeply and laid the foundation on rock;
when the flood came, the river burst against that house but could
not shake it because it had been well built. But the one who
listens and does not act is like a person who built a house on the
ground without a foundation. When the river burst against it, it
collapsed at once and was completely destroyed" [LK 6:46-49]

As the Father loves me, so I also love you. Remain in my love.
If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love, just as I
have kept my Father's commandments and remain in his love. I
have told you this so that my joy may be in you and your joy may
be complete. This is my commandment: love one another as I love
you. No one has greater love than this, to lay down one's life for
one's friends. You are my friends if you do what I command you. I
no longer call you slaves, because a slave does not know what his
master is doing. I have called you friends, because I have told
you everything I have heard from my Father. It was not you who
chose me, but I who chose you and appointed you to go and bear
fruit that will remain, so that whatever you ask the Father in my
name he may give you. This I command you: love one another. [JN
15:9-17]

(Jesus said), "But I tell you the truth, it is better for you that I go. For
if I do not go, the Advocate will not come to you. But if I go, I
will send him to you. And when he comes he will convict the world
in regard to sin and righteousness and condemnation: sin, because
they do not believe in me; righteousness, because I am going to
the Father and you will no longer see me; condemnation, because
the ruler of this world has been condemned. I have much more
to tell you, but you cannot bear it now. But when he comes, the
Spirit of truth, he will guide you to all truth. He will not speak
on his own, but he will speak what he hears, and will declare to
you the things that are coming. He will glorify me, because he
will take from what is mine and declare it to you. Everything that
the Father has is mine; for this reason I told you that he will
take from what is mine and declare it to you. A little while
and you will no longer see me, and again a little while later and
you will see me. Amen, amen, I say to you, you will weep and
mourn, while the world rejoices; you will grieve, but your grief
will become joy. When a woman is in labor, she is in anguish
because her hour has arrived; but when she has given birth to a
child, she no longer remembers the pain because of her joy that a
child has been born into the world. So you also are now in
anguish. But I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice,
and no one will take your joy away from you. On that day you will
not question me about anything. Amen, amen, I say to you, whatever
you ask the Father in my name he will give you. Until now you have
not asked anything in my name; ask and you will receive, so that
your joy may be complete. I have told you this in figures of
speech. The hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you in
figures but I will tell you clearly about the Father. On that day
you will ask in my name, and I do not tell you that I will ask the
Father for you. For the Father himself loves you, because you have
loved me and have come to believe that I came from God. I came
from the Father and have come into the world. Now I am leaving the
world and going back to the Father." His disciples said,
"Now you are talking plainly, and not in any figure of
speech. Now we realize that you know everything and that you do
not need to have anyone question you. Because of this we believe
that you came from God." Jesus answered them, "Do
you believe now? Behold, the hour is coming and has arrived when
each of you will be scattered to his own home and you will leave
me alone. But I am not alone, because the Father is with me. I
have told you this so that you might have peace in me. In the
world you will have trouble, but take courage, I have conquered
the world." [JN 16:7-33]

Jesus said to them in reply, "See that no one deceives
you. For many will come in my name, saying, 'I am the Messiah,'
and they will deceive many. You will hear of wars and reports of
wars; see that you are not alarmed, for these things must happen,
but it will not yet be the end. Nation will rise against nation,
and kingdom against kingdom; there will be famines and earthquakes
from place to place. All these are the beginning of the labor
pains. Then they will hand you over to persecution, and they will
kill you. You will be hated by all nations because of my name. And
then many will be led into sin; they will betray and hate one
another. Many false prophets will arise and deceive many; and
because of the increase of evildoing, the love of many will grow
cold. But the one who perseveres to the end will be saved. And
this gospel of the kingdom will be preached throughout the world
as a witness to all nations, and then the end will come." [MT
24:4-14]

Watch out for yourselves. They will hand you over to the
courts. You will be beaten in synagogues. You will be arraigned
before governors and kings because of me, as a witness before
them. But the gospel must first be preached to all nations. When
they lead you away and hand you over, do not worry beforehand
about what you are to say. But say whatever will be given to you
at that hour. For it will not be you who are speaking but the Holy
Spirit. Brother will hand over brother to death, and the father
his child; children will rise up against parents and have them put
to death. You will be hated by all because of my name. But the one
who perseveres to the end will be saved. [MK 13:9-13]

If the world hates you, realize that it hated me first.
If you belonged to the world, the world would love its own; but
because you do not belong to the world, and I have chosen you out
of the world, the world hates you. Remember the word I spoke to
you, 'No slave is greater than his master.' If they persecuted me,
they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will also
keep yours. And they will do all these things to you on account of
my name, because they do not know the one who sent me. If I had
not come and spoken to them, they would have no sin; but as it is
they have no excuse for their sin. Whoever hates me also hates my
Father. If I had not done works among them that no one else ever
did, they would not have sin; but as it is, they have seen and
hated both me and my Father. But in order that the word written in
their law might be fulfilled, 'They hated me without cause.' [JN
15:18-25]

And he said to them, "Suppose one of you has a friend to
whom he goes at midnight and says, 'Friend, lend me three loaves
of bread, for a friend of mine has arrived at my house from a
journey and I have nothing to offer him,' and he says in reply
from within, 'Do not bother me; the door has already been locked
and my children and I are already in bed. I cannot get up to give
you anything.' I tell you, if he does not get up to give him the
loaves because of their friendship, he will get up to give him
whatever he needs because of his persistence." [LK 11:5-18]

When you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, who love to
stand and pray in the synagogues and on street corners so that
others may see them. Amen, I say to you, they have received their
reward. But when you pray, go to your inner room, close the door,
and pray to your Father in secret. And your Father who sees in
secret will repay you. In praying, do not babble like the pagans,
who think that they will be heard because of their many words. Do
not be like them. Your Father knows what you need before you ask
him. [MT 6:5-8]

Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find;
knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks,
receives; and the one who seeks, finds; and to the one who knocks,
the door will be opened. Which one of you would hand his son a
stone when he asks for a loaf of bread, or a snake when he asks
for a fish? If you then, who are wicked, know how to give good
gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father
give good things to those who ask him. [MT 7:7-11]

I say to you, if two of you agree on earth about anything for
which they are to pray, it shall be granted to them by my heavenly
Father. For where two or three are gathered together in my name,
there am I in the midst of them. [Taken from MT 18:19-20]

Jesus said to them in reply, "Amen, I say to you, if you
have faith and do not waver, not only will you do what has been
done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, 'Be
lifted up and thrown into the sea,' it will be done. Whatever you
ask for in prayer with faith, you will receive." [MT
21:21-22]

Therefore I tell you, all that you ask for in prayer, believe
that you will receive it and it shall be yours. When you stand to
pray, forgive anyone against whom you have a grievance, so that
your heavenly Father may in turn forgive you your
transgressions. [MK 11:24-25]

And he said to them, "Thus it is written that the Messiah
would suffer and rise from the dead on the third day and that
repentance, for the forgiveness of sins, would be preached in his
name to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem." [LK 24:46 -47]

That (unfaithful) servant who knew his master's will but did
not make preparations nor act in accord with his will shall be
beaten severely; and the servant who was ignorant of his master's
will but acted in a way deserving of a severe beating shall be
beaten only lightly. Much will be required of the person entrusted
with much, and still more will be demanded of the person entrusted
with more. [Taken from LK 12:47-48]

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